A purpose-built tandem-seat attack helicopter developed for anti-armor and battlefield fire-support missions.
Development
Mil Mi-28 was developed by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant in Soviet Union as a attack aircraft. The family first flew in 1982. Its recorded airframe configuration is rotorcraft, with the family classified in the archive as core combat-aircraft scope.
Operational History
Operationally, Mil Mi-28 is represented primarily in the attack aircraft role. The sourced variant records include service with Soviet Air Forces and Russian Aerospace Forces. The current structured record does not attach a specific conflict authority to this family; operational context remains limited to sourced service and role data. Role tags attached to the family include battlefield interdiction.
Variants and Lineage
Major variants represented in the structured record include Mi-28A, Mi-28N prototype, Mi-28N production, Mi-28N Night Hunter production, Mi-28NM prototype, and Mi-28NM production standard.
Variants
| Designation | Type | Role | Recorded operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mi-28A | Production | Attack | Soviet Air Forces |
| Mi-28N Night Hunter production | Production | Attack | Russian Aerospace Forces |
| Mi-28N production | Production | Attack | Russian Aerospace Forces |
| Mi-28N prototype | Prototype | Attack | Russian Aerospace Forces |
| Mi-28NM production standard | Production | Attack | Russian Aerospace Forces |
| Mi-28NM prototype | Prototype | Attack | Russian Aerospace Forces |
Representative specifications
Configuration-specific profiles are shown separately so values from different variants are not blended into one false “standard” aircraft.
Mi-28A — C016 baseline technical profile
- Crew
- 2
Powerplant: 2 × Klimov TV3-117/VK-2500 turboshafts
Armament: 30 mm cannon with anti-tank missiles, rockets, and other external attack stores.
Sources and further reading
Structured references supporting this aircraft family, variants, specifications, and narrative sections.
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1996-97 — Jane's Information Group · Tier 3
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2006-07 — Jane's Information Group · Tier 3
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2012-13 — Jane's Information Group · Tier 3
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2016-17 — Jane's Information Group · Tier 3
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2022-23 — Jane's Information Group · Tier 3
- The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875-1995 — Osprey Aerospace · Tier 3